Spirit Tracks: Story Revealed

And even more about Spirit Tracks. IGN today revealed the story of the game. Again Spoilers, so continue reading at your own risk.

Link, Tetra and her pirates found a new land after the events of Phantom Hourglass. They named it Hyrule and Spirit Tracks takes place 100 years after those events in the said Hyrule. There was a Demon King threatening the land, he couldn't be killed, but they could subdue and bury him underground. The seal is hold by chains and shackles, which are hold together by the Spirit Tower and which extend all over the land and form the "Spirit Tracks", which are used by the people as transportation rails. But now these Spirit Tracks begin to disappear.

Link is a freshly graduated railroad engineer and you will meet the princess during your graduation ceremony. However, she's trapped by Chancellor Cole in the castle and wants you to sneak her out, so she can investigate why the Spirit Tracks are vanishing. For that she gives Link the infamous green clothes, which the guards of the castle wear by now. Outside the castle they meet Link's Master Alfonzo, but they are attacked by Chancellor Cole and the Spirit Tower collapses. Cole takes over Zelda's body and her spirit floats away.

Link awakens in Hyrule Castle and he's the only one, who can see Zelda's spirit. Both of them head to the Spirit Tower in order to restore it and to find a way to rescue Zelda. You have to ascend the tower segment by segment and secure some Stone Maps.

There is also additional information about how the Spirit Tower dungeon works. Zelda can take over the Phantoms in the Spirit Tower, but to do that, you have to collect Tears of Light, which power up your sword, so you can take down a Phantom. So, that means, that there will be still the typical stealth sections. But the good news is, that you don't have to replay the segments of the tower, there will be a staircase, that leads directly to the upper sections. And there won't be any time limit.

The rolling was also fixed, you just have to double-tab at the screen border to roll, no annoying circle drawing. No word about the Gannon-Train, but I wouldn't wonder, if the sealed "Demon King" will turn out to be Ganon(dorf).